On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made history by using 10,000 BTC to buy two pizzas, the first real-world transaction ever made with Bitcoin.
Back then, Bitcoin was just an experiment and very few people believed in it. But Laszlo’s purchase proved that Bitcoin could be used as real money in the real world.
Today, those 10,000 BTC would be worth millions, but the transaction was never a mistake. It became the foundation of Bitcoin adoption and is now celebrated globally as Bitcoin Pizza Day. 🍕₿
Thank you, Mr. Laszlo, for helping turn an idea into a revolution.
How to Eat a Cake at a Funeral
Most people think life is either a funeral or a birthday.
I think it is both at the same time.
A child eats pizza for the first time while another person suffers from obesity. A teacher gets paid in Bitcoin while a government prints more money. Monkeys jump in trees beside a village with no electricity. A man discovers freedom money after first meeting it through a scam. An orphan laughs on a bus to the zoo while carrying years of silent grief nobody can see.
That is life.
The mistake is thinking joy is disrespectful in the presence of suffering. Or that suffering cancels the right to build, dance, laugh, flirt, travel, dream, or celebrate. But some of the strongest people I know are the ones who learned how to eat cake at funerals. Not because they are insensitive. Because they understand survival.
In Uganda, in Bitcoin, in Africa, in post-catastrophe places, I have seen this deeply. People rebuild while mourning. They trade while grieving. They joke while broke. They plant gardens beside collapsed systems. They teach children sovereignty while politicians debate power. They create circular economies in places outsiders only see as charity cases.
The world teaches extremes:
Either become numb to pain
Or become consumed by it.
But there is a third path:
Carry both.
Carry the funeral and still pass around the cake.
This philosophy is not about denial. It is about refusing psychological surrender. It is understanding that hope is infrastructure. Celebration is resistance. A shared meal is strategy. Tourism can become diplomacy. Bitcoin can become memory storage for human labor. A bus ride for an orphan can become proof that imagination still works.
Sometimes the cake is small.
One egg.
One sats payment.
One joke.
One sunrise over the Nile.
One teacher salary paid on time.
One child writing their dream down for the first time.
Still eat it.
Because civilizations collapse slowly when people lose meaning before they lose resources.
That is why I care about circular economies, schools, stories, safaris, energy projects, workshops, and children learning how to achieve their dreams. They are all connected. They are all attempts to teach people that they are not permanently trapped inside the funeral.
The funeral is real.
Corruption is real.
Inflation is real.
War is real.
Loss is real.
But so is the cake.
And wisdom is learning not to waste either.
Today, we held the inaugural session of our first cohort of the @MyFirstBitcoin_ Diploma Programme. We covered Chapter 1, “Why Do We Need Money?”, and made it halfway through Chapter 2, “What Is Money?”.
It was truly a successful and impactful day.
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🚧 Study Centre Update!
We’re excited to announce that the renovation of our study hub is now complete! The final phase included painting the floors and installing ceiling fans to improve ventilation. We can now commence the @MyFirstBitcoin_ Diploma programme.
Roof fixed ✅
Ceiling installed ✅
Electrical meter set up ✅
Wiring and lighting completed ✅
Chairs acquired 🪑 ✅
Floors painted ✅
Ceiling fans installed ✅
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to making this possible. Your support has brought this vision to life.
Essential equipment are still missing; a Projector 📽️, a PC 💻 & PA system 🔊.
Your kind donations and support will help us overcome these final hurdles.
Kindly donate via the @geyserfund or @BitcoinConfed profile links.
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I'd like to say thank you to the organizers of the @abcptza conference for providing me the opportunity to showcase how to set up your own DIY @start9labs server and provide a glimpse into the new possibilities that are available in the upcoming StartOS 040 release.
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Seeing is truly believing.
Thank you, Hermann, for all that you do, this was a real eye-opener.
Congratulations to you and your entire team on a highly successful conference.
Once again, thank you for the special invitation.
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At Adopting Bitcoin Conference in Cape Town & Benni from Sound Money Solutions @Sound_Money_Sol is absolutely my "best find" of the conference.
@MrMPodcast you were my BEST find of BTC Amsterdam 2024. You & Benni must meet when he is back In Dubai.
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Coolest post-conference road trip you'll ever experience.
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